Jan 20, 2022
Parshat Yitro with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
#1 - Classical Commentators - The Danger of Getting Too
Close to the Mountain
#2 - Contemporary Commentators - "Curious Yisro" and the Quest
for Truth
#3 - Midrash - The Midrashic Account of Matan Torah - 3
Powerful Messages
#4 - Sparks of Mussar - Yisro - Learning the Lesson...
Jan 20, 2022
Yitro | What Inspired Yitro? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The opening passage of פרשת יתרו is full of riddles - why are we given detailed information about Moshe's sons, including the introduction of Eliezer with the reason given for his name? What caused Yitro's reevaluation of his theology, such that he was...
Jan 19, 2022
Tefillah: Appreciating and Improving Our Davening Part 2, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
Jan 13, 2022
Beshalach | From Marah to Masah, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The brief interlude at Marah, immediately following Shirat haYam, includes two challenging phrases - שם שם לו חק ומשפט and ושם נסהו. After surveying the classic commentaries - including the famous passage in the Mekhilta - explaining these...
Jan 13, 2022
Tefillah: Appreciating and Improving Our Davening Part 1, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela